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I'll Cover You - After Mark leaves, Collins and Angel talk alone. Angel asks if Collins likes her new outfit. He says he does. It really suits her. Angel says, “I think this might be the one.” That what she’s wearing what makes her feel the most “like me.” Collins says, “Then, I love it.” Angel sweetly teases him, “Really? You can fall in love with an outfit that quickly?” Collins agrees and then asks, “Are we a thing?” Angel replies, “Darling, we’re everything.” Then they sing about being shelter for one another and it’s so sweet and wonderful.
We really liked the additional dialogue before the song begins, where Angel talks about feeling the most “herself.” And we loved Collins telling Angel that he “loved” the dress that she felt the most herself in. The song is sweet and light and fun. Valentina’s vocals as Angel improved steadily throughout the show, and this was a solid effort. Her physical presence, dance and portrayal of Angel remained spot-on. Brandon Victor Dixon brought everything, as usual. We love him and his performances.
We're Okay - Meanwhile, Joanne is under tons of stress juggling talking to her job, her parents and Maureen (on two pay phones and a huge early 90s mobile phone.) “We’re okay,” is Joanne’s self-soothing mantra.
As usual, we LOVE Kiersey’s Joanne. Loved the way she injected such a conversational tone into this song. (The majority of the actors did this really well, which makes it so much easier to follow along with what’s going on for us.)
Just a really good (if short) number for her.
Christmas Bells - Next, we see Collins and Angel shopping for a new coat for Collins. Collins says Angel doesn’t have to do this, but she says “Hush your mouth, it’s Christmas,” and continues perusing coats at a street vendor, rejecting lots of them (including the original Mark Cohen sweater, haha), while Collins continues to sing about how generous Angel is.
Meanwhile, we see that Roger has updated Mark on the recent turn of events with Mimi stopping by. Mark’s happy that Mimi got him out of the house, and Roger’s bummed that he pushed Mimi away.
We also see Mimi, hitting up her dealer for some drugs before Maureen’s show. Roger and Mark meet up with Mimi, and Roger apologizes. Mimi says forget it, but Roger persists, wanting to make it up to her by inviting her to a dinner party. Roger almost has it out with Mimi’s dealer, who is possessive and worried that Roger’s trying to steal her as his customer.
All around the stage, we hear everyone singing simultaneously, and at the end of the song, Maureen (Vanessa Hudgens) sails in on her motorcycle and asks, “Joanne, which way to the stage?” Everyone observes together that it’s beginning to snow.
This song single-handedly made Tara fall in love with musical theater. All the different vocals happening at the same time from different places make this song complex and always moving, very cool to listen to. One of our favorite lines is Mark insisting, “But I am over her!” about Maureen, on their way to her show. However, it seemed like there were some issues with the sound mixing? Because some parts were lost and / or hard to follow.
Still, it actually snowed on the soundstage. They actually brought this number to life in a new and gorgeous way. So happy it was included in nearly its entirety!
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